Addiction Support Group Sees Alarming Rise in Children Requiring Rehab Places

In the past 10 months, RehabClinic.org.uk operator Panacea UK received more than 100 calls about under-16s with addiction issues up from just two in 2008 and helped place a total of eight 12 to 14-year-olds in treatment centres, including one 13-year-old. The organisation warns that addiction is a growing problem, especially amongst the very young, and is calling on Westminster to take urgent action by speeding up access to rehab places.